If anyone else is into history and food!

aquarabbit
aquarabbit Posts: 1,622 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I happened upon this show on youtube (some of you Brits will probably know it) called Supersizers Go . . . They study the food of certain periods of time and eat it for a week. It's a comedy show, but they are very accurate and do little history lessons about why they're eating certain things and how it affected life everyday. They go through a bunch of medical tests to show how the body reacts as well. I've always loved how available foods have helped to shape history and this show is all about that. So if anyone else is a history nerd, you might enjoy it!

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  • sumeetg37
    sumeetg37 Posts: 108 Member
    Bump because I too am a history nerd.
  • notdebby
    notdebby Posts: 58
    This sounds so very cool. Thanks for the heads up!
  • lynnlc
    lynnlc Posts: 12
    Cool! I too am a nerd :)
  • Loulady
    Loulady Posts: 511 Member
    I caught one episode and really liked it.
  • Minnie2361
    Minnie2361 Posts: 281 Member
    BBC has some great programming on food

    The Men who made us fat in 3 parts on you tube

    The Truth about Food 6 parts on You Tube

    And Rip off foods also on you tube
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
    I watched an episode of it about a year ago about what families ate during the 70's. It was interesting.
  • sozisraw
    sozisraw Posts: 418 Member
    yes love all those kind of programmes !
  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,271 Member
    this is fantastic!!!
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Bump for later
  • navyrigger46
    navyrigger46 Posts: 1,301 Member
    I'm in.

    Rigger
  • ChickenmommaMich
    ChickenmommaMich Posts: 60 Member
    Interesting...I will check it out. Thanks.
  • laserturkey
    laserturkey Posts: 1,680 Member
    Found it on youtube. It's great fun!
  • shannashannabobana
    shannashannabobana Posts: 625 Member
    I happened upon this show on youtube (some of you Brits will probably know it) called Supersizers Go . . . They study the food of certain periods of time and eat it for a week. It's a comedy show, but they are very accurate and do little history lessons about why they're eating certain things and how it affected life everyday. They go through a bunch of medical tests to show how the body reacts as well. I've always loved how available foods have helped to shape history and this show is all about that. So if anyone else is a history nerd, you might enjoy it!
    That sounds really cool!

    There was something a few years ago called Regency House or something and they all lived in this house and bathed and ate and exercised like they would have at the time. It was pretty entertaining.
  • 1longroad
    1longroad Posts: 642 Member
    Love the show!! I really enjoyed the one that was world war 2 era. Interesting due to rationing!!
  • Minnie2361
    Minnie2361 Posts: 281 Member
    OMG I just watched the Supersizers Elizabethan


    http://youtu.be/jneInOEvZpc

    Oh I couldn't eat 90 percent of what they cooked back in the good old days.
  • keepongoingnmw
    keepongoingnmw Posts: 371 Member
    BUMP!
  • onandoff
    onandoff Posts: 122 Member
    Bump here, too...
  • Rianne90
    Rianne90 Posts: 229 Member
    Awesome! I just watched the first episode, it's really interesting to see what people ate back then.
  • JessicaBR13
    JessicaBR13 Posts: 294 Member
    Thanks!
  • Minnie2361
    Minnie2361 Posts: 281 Member
    Well I just finished watching their series on Ancient Rome | Ugh, The Seventies oooh
    so yummy and the 1920\s.

    This is a great series.
  • lngman
    lngman Posts: 23 Member
    I am watching an episode now. Thanks for the tip! This is very interesting.

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